Urinary apparatus.



No. 888,477. PATENTBD MAY 26, 1908. V. DINGOGNITO. URINARY APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. 31, 1907.

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VITO DINGOGNITO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

URINARY APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October 31, 1907.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Serial No. 400,057.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VITO DINCOGNITO, a subject of Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Urinary Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to urinary apparatus and its object is to provide such a urinary apparatus that shall be sim le in construction and effective and simp e in operation.

These objects are attained by, and my inven.

tion is embodied in, the following described mechanism, illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective projection of my urinary apparatus, showing the telescoping tube lowered; Fig. 2 is a detail view of the devices by which the telescoping tube is held in and released from its raised position; and Fig. 3 is a vertical central section of the parts shown in Fig. 2 taken on a plane at right angles to the frame 1.

This device is adapted to be worn under the clothing especially by persons unable to retain the urine. The pouch 2 receives the urine and is supported on the body as by the cord 3 attached to the underclothing. A flexible tube 4 extending downward carries the urine into and through the tube 5 which telescopes and is slidable on the nozzle 6 which nozzle is, preferably by the rotatable screw collar 7, connected with the tube 4 by its threaded extremity 8. A frame 1 attached to the calf of the leg, as by the straps 9, has the 'guide or bearing 10, in which the telescoping tube 5 slides, and the bell-crank holders or hooks 1 1, intoholding engagement With which the lugs 12 of the telescoping tube 5 are adapted to slide to hold said tube in its raised position when the cord 13 (attached at its upper end inside the clothing and at its lower end to the tube 5) is drawn.

When the urine is to be passed, the telescoping tube 5 is allowed to fall to near the surface of the ground by drawing the cord 14 (attached at its upper end inside the clothing and attached at its lower end to the arms of the bell-crank hooks 11 as shown) which action releases the hooks against the pressure of the light springs 15.

I do not propose to confine myself to the details of construction described and shown further than as set forth in the claims.

I claim:

1. In a urinary apparatus of the character described, the combination of a urine-carrying tube, a slidable tube extension member thereof, holders intermediate the tube and its extension member to hold the extension member in its raised position, means for raising the extension member, and means for releasing the operative engagement of the holders.

2. In a urinary apparatus of the character described, the combination of. a pouch to receive the urine, a ileXible tube leading therefrom, a nozzle of said tube, a telescoping tube slidable on said nozzle, hooks for holding the telescoping tube in its raised position, means for supporting said hooks by the body of the wearer, cords for raising the telescoping tube, and cords for releasing the holding engagement of the hooks.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VITO DINCOGNITO.

Witnesses:

WALTER QUITMAN, ANGELO DE ZANE. 

